Chapter 247 – About Future Activities at the Guys' Talk

It’s а bоуs’ night.

Wе welcomе Мoriton, Zеlger, and Каiwаrе, еаting at a tеrracе sеat.

“Sоrrу аbоut this. Sinсe I’m big, оur seаting optiоns аrе limitеd.”

“Don’t worrу abоut it! There аrе all kinds of speсiеs now, after all. Thе wоrld’s becoming more аnd mоre barriеr-freе tоо!”

Тhere are Сentaur аnd Вirdmаn staff herе, аftеr all.

Mоre and mоre restaurants hаvе perсhing sеats bу the windows tоo.

“So anуwaу, wе’ve got a big guest with us todаy.”

“Wоо wоo! It’s Сharawау! Girls’ nights аre for dеeреning bоnds, but bоуs’ nights should rеаllу dig into thе сurrent situation and stuff, right?!”

“Ooh! Charaway from Japan is known even in Mongolia!”

Moriton looks happy.

Zelger nods along too.

“From our perspective as visitors who came from Faldia, you are an important figure mediating between humans and visitors. Thank you.”

“Woo! You’re welcome!”

Today, for easier visual understanding, it’s Charaway in his Virtualized form.

Spice is just Spice as usual.

By the way, Kaiware looks totally bewildered!

Don’t tell me this guy came to Japan without putting anything in his head!?

That’s possible~.

“Spice, explain it so Kaiware can understand~”

“Oh! Thank you! What in the world is going on with the world?!”

“Basically, you know how lots of people from different species have migrated here from the Otherworld, right?”

“Yes! In the States, it’s gone way beyond racism! Because there are a lot of neighbors with completely different appearances! A lot!”

“It’s good things have become peaceful, isn’t it?”

“Non non! In the States, activists with all-broken arguments are running wild! They’re basically just terrorists now, and bullets don’t work on the guests, so it’s a real mess~!”

“America’s gotten pretty crazy, huh~”

That’s right, Other Species have the same physical structure as Dungeon monsters, so ordinary bullets don’t work.

You need at least silver bullets to hurt them.

Or, you need to use firearms with a history or legends attached.

So, in America, a country where guns held sway, they’ve been forced to change their approach.

“So in a world like that, Kaiware, are you doing okay?”

“HAHAHAHAHA! Every day is fun! My jock friends have actually gotten smaller and are living like that!”

“There are way bigger and stronger guys around now, after all. So, I think there are probably people mediating between Other Species and humans over there too, but in Japan, Charaway is in that position. Also, he was the first person Little Hazuki collabed with. Spice’s first collab was with Little Chara too~”

“Oh!! A hitmaker!!”

“You could definitely say that!”

“Woo? You guys talking about me?”

Charaway, who was getting excited with the Moriton-Zelger duo, noticed our conversation.

“We were praising Little Chara~”

“Hey hey, cut it out, Spice~! Praising me won’t get you anything, you know!? Oh, I’ll order special parfaits for everyone. My treat!”

He’s happy to be flattered!

And so, at the boys’ night, Charaway disclosed the information he’d gathered, and then we discussed how the Hero Party should proceed from here.

“Honestly, at first, I was worried Talisa might lack cooperativeness.”

“Oh ho. Moriton was worried. Come to think of it, both you and Zelger are considerate people, aren’t you?”

“Absolutely. In this day and age, you have to cooperate, right? Dungeons aren’t something you can handle alone. That’s why when I came here, I was relieved Spice was here. That there was a proper adult~”

“Yeah yeah, Spice basically got into the Hero Party with his interpersonal adjustment skills. Little Hazuki leaves all that stuff to Spice, after all!”

“Talisa was a woman capable of self-reflection and starting over. I approve.”

Zelger looks satisfied!

By the way, in the current Hero Party, Talisa is top in Subscriber Count, but she’s not necessarily top in actual ability.

Excluding Spice, the top is probably Sherry.

Next comes Talisa, but when Moriton and Zelger team up, they surpass Talisa and rival Sherry.

Kaiware is excluded.

The weakest is Little Yuusha, but she’s growing at a ferocious speed.

“Sherry is, like, an adult, isn’t she?”

“When I saw her on Little Hazuki’s stream, she was a brat though~. She had her pride broken and grew from that, huh.”

“A growth stock. To have that much power and still constantly strive to improve her skills.”

“Oh, that’s right. She said she was at a Witch’s house, but she learned Summoning Art itself from a passing Duelist. I wonder who…”

‘Hmm, there are a few mages wandering the world. Merlin has been succeeded, and it’s the second generation now, but he’s probably a human who’s lived for nearly a thousand years. It’s probably him.’

“Ignite knows a lot~! Huh? Wait, wasn’t Merlin also the person who taught magic to Little Momiji?”

‘Indeed. Originally, Europe is his home ground. He was the first to see the danger of us Grimoires and sealed us away for the first hundred years. But! It’s a famous story that the first generation fought the Demon King alongside the Hero of that era and they both fell together!’

“Don’t know, don’t know, what is this history?!”

The Demon King came over a thousand years ago!?

And the first Merlin fought her to a mutual defeat?

Then what about the second generation?

‘There’s a guy who calls himself the second generation on his own! But that guy, he released us! And then he said something like, “The world will stagnate if we don’t stir things up, you know.”‘

“The only thing I understand is that Ignite’s impression isn’t accurate. The edge is way too strong~!”

And so, at the boys’ night, we ended up learning some strange information!

Maybe we’ll meet him someday, the second Merlin.